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Instead of Winston Churchill it is Lord Halifax who succeeded in 1940 as the leader of Britain, thus leading them to lose the war. King Henry VIII is about to begin his breathtaking Progress to the North to attend an extravagant submission of his rebellious subjects in York. Shardlake is a barrister with a hunched back - this means he suffers physical pain as well as mental anguish from cruel comments. Tombland is more of a grand historical epic than a tightly packed whodunnit, like some of the earlier novels; but 800 pages in Shardlake’s company will always fly by".

Quiero decir, gustarme me ha gustado, pero no ha llegado al punto de enganche de no retorno en el cual solo quieres leer y leer.

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His initial investigation and the coroners inquiry raise suspicions within him that there is a lot more to the murder that he is being told, and he challenges the coroner after the hearing. And to complicate matters, the murder investigation must be kept secret, given the sensitive connection with Catherine Part, whom the king is now courting. I think it is the lack of technology, the way an investigation can be prolonged in a more realistic way because it was hard to find and question people, with less evidence to go on.As I did with the previous couple of books, I both listened to the audiobook and read some of the paperback. Not so the novels of CJ Sansom, whose magnificent books set in the reign of Henry VIII bring to life the sounds and smells of Tudor England. The year is 1543 and the hunchbacked lawyer and sometime detective Matthew Shardlake has sworn not to involve himself in any more affairs of state after his last brush with the factions of King Henry's court in Sovereign (2007). Protestants and Papists, hot-gospellers and Laodicean were each at risk when they fell on the wrong side of this changing landscape. These characters serve various purposes and help to offer a more ‘down to earth’ approach to the story, with a topic that is anything but peaceful.

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Opening in the sixteenth century during the reign of Henry VIII, this period piece knows and establishes its time well.In 2007, the BBC commissioned an adaptation of Dissolution, with Kenneth Branagh set to star as Shardlake. When some pilgrims seek shelter at an inn, their host convinces them to confess their sins in a bid to see which one is the best. plus, the conflict never got resolved), too many subplots (which -of course- very conveniently fitted into the overall plot. London’s streets are filled with preachers; strange signs and portents are seen everywhere; and young men, maddened by differing interpretations of the Bible, are drawn into dangerous fundamentalism.

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Henry VIII is courting Catherine Parr, the Parliament has brought in controversial anti-reformist legislation - the legislation that includes prohibiting women and the working classes from reading the bible – and religious radicals and conservatives are pulling apart the cultural and social fabric of the city. Not without critical acclaim as well, he’s also managed to garner his fair share of awards over the years too. With a large number of academic achievements under his belt, he’s also managed to gain a certain degree of expertise which greatly informs his work.

In volume 4 of the series, Shardlake has found some contentment in his job as Sergeant, senior lawyer, at the court dealing with law cases affecting ordinary people.